QR Chapter 4

Chapter four is all about how much encouragement from a teacher can help kids learn. This chapter reveals that students do not want to be viewed as failures and that encouragement from a teacher can be a large factor in their ability to succeed. Students need to be shown that if they try hard, they can do well in class and be able to learn well. If students are told that they will not succeed and that they are failures by their teachers, there is no way that they will be motivated to learn effectively in the class. The chapter also states that a teacher also must challenge the students and set high expectations. When high expectations are set, however, a teacher must understand that they must help the students learn and not leave them in the dark.